I would like to know if there is anyone out there that has information on my BUXTON family. My great-grandfaher was named Ranse Buxton from Alabama and lived most of his adult life in Jasper or Clarke County, Mississippi. In my previous message I had very little information on him. I have since gathered more information on him and his parents (my great-great grandfather and mother). His mother was named Melinda Woodward and his father was named Frank Buxton. I am told that when Melinda married Frank, Ranse was already two years old. Anyway, Ranse was the son of a White plantation owner (name unknown) and a Choctaw Indian woman (Melinda). Therefore Ranse was half White and half Indian. He married someone by the name of Olidia or Lidia (maiden name unknown). She was full Creek Indian. She was raised on a reservation in the Shubuta, MS area. Ranse had around ten children, one of which was my grandfather, Foster Buxton, who married a woman by the name of Viola Bounds (also Creek Indian and my grandmother). She was raised on a plantation in Sandersville, Mississippi. If anyone could help me with any information on either the Buxton or the Woodward family, I would be very appreciative. You can e-mail me at the address below. Thank you!

mboatner@uno.edu